淅
xī

water used wash rice

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

析
析 Sound component
xī to separate

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangseːɡ

說文解字

汏米也。从水析聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)